One year after the tragic fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kochani, which claimed 63 young lives, citizens gathered for a vigil at 2:32 AM - the exact moment the fire broke out on March 16, 2025.

In Revolution Park, 63 empty white chairs were placed, each with a white rose and the name of a victim. The memorial installation "Unfinished Dreams - Every Name Is Someone's World" moved all those present.

The municipality organized a three-day program with religious services and the unveiling of a mural called "Wall of Remembrance." Families continue to demand institutional accountability and systemic safety reforms through court proceedings and regular "March of the Angels" events.

As part of the commemoration, an international conference on clinical and institutional lessons from the disaster was held in Skopje. President Siljanovska-Davkova and Prime Minister Mickoski emphasized that such a tragedy must never happen again.

Many survivors remain traumatized. DNK guitarist Goran Tonev, who spent a month in a coma with severe burns to his airways, testified about the painful awakening and the long road to recovery. Student Nadalina Grozdanova, who received her "Student of the Generation" award while in intensive care, said: "A healthy person has a million wishes, a sick person has one - to get better."